by Pete Winslow

After you pay your taxes,
buy all your licenses,
submit to the draft and
spend 40 hours a week
at the office,
you've still got maybe
half an hour a day
for anarchy.
Some of the things you can do are
not read the newspaper
not buy any advertised product
jaywalk
play the accordian badly
on street corners
write a subversive children's book
eat something inedible
like treebark erasers or dynamite
go into a supermarket
with various obscure items
and place them on the shelves
paint meat different colors
organize protest marches
at classic music stations
to demand top 40 tunes
and enlist support
for all candidates
who campaign
in Uncle Sam costumes.
After you have more experience
with anarchy
you can improvise.